Pacific Salmon

• Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences

  Jeff Grout, a salmon resource manager with Fisheries, says about 1,300 licences are eligible for the program, which will buy them at market rate and take them out of circulation.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2022
  
• ‘More dead fish than live fish’: Dry conditions a concern for Port Coquitlam salmon hatchery

  Biologist and volunteer Helen Howes said a dry autumn has left salmon -- mostly chum and some coho -- idling or stranded in parts of Hyde Creek.

  Environment

  Nov 17, 2022
  
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• kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation breaks ground on vital sockeye salmon hatchery

  Sockeye salmon are inseparable from kʷikʷəƛ̓əm culture, identity and livelihood, and once sustained the nation's people from season to season.

  Environment

  Nov 10, 2022
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• B.C. researchers investigating impact of road salt on Pacific salmon

  The research team will be measuring salt levels and reviewing the data every two months as part of a five-year project looking into Chum and Coho salmon.

  Environment

  Nov 5, 2022
• Recent rainfall helping B.C. salmon return to spawning grounds, expert says

  There were so many spawning Coho below the hatchery at Noon's Creek in Port Moody, many bystanders stopped to watch the salmon on the side of a trail.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2022
• Drought conditions challenging on B.C.’s south coast, but fish protected: BC Hydro

  By managing releases from reservoirs, BC Hydro says it has safeguarded downstream water flows and protected salmon runs, even as unregulated rivers and streams have dried up.

  Environment

  Oct 13, 2022
• B.C. premier heads to California for climate deal with West Coast governors

  The premier B.C. and the U.S. West Coast states are facing similar climate-related issues, including wildfires, weather events and wild salmon declines.

  Politics

  Oct 5, 2022
• Poaching fears as Fraser River salmon are dumped to rot, even as returns slump

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, meanwhile, says it has a strong enforcement program in place and needs buyers to do their part to stop black-market sales.

  Environment

  Sep 22, 2022
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• Salmon getting through Big Bar slide area prompts excitement in Indigenous communities

  Some 280,000 salmon have already been counted above the Big Bar slide site north of Lillooet -- a contrast from three years ago when barely 100 salmon were counted.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2022
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• Dead salmon prompt federal fisheries team to inspect Trans Mountain expansion work site

  Trans Mountain crews began permitted work in the Coquihalla River at the start of the month, where spawning salmon have begun their run a few weeks earlier than usual.

  Environment

  Aug 10, 2022